# Golden Era Finds

[Golden Era Finds](https://apparel-vintage.mock.shop/llms.txt) is a [mock.shop](https://www.mock.shop/) sample store for building against a vintage-style clothing and accessories catalog before a real Shopify store is ready. It includes coats, jeans, dresses, handbags, and jewelry. The catalog has 60 products across 5 collections. Every product has one Default Title variant rather than a size or color selector.

mock.shop is an auth-free Shopify Storefront GraphQL API backed by sample reference stores. Find out more about [mock.shop sample stores](https://www.shopify.com/blog/mock-shop).

## When to use this store

Choose Golden Era Finds when you want clothing product pages without size and color variants.

Use Golden Era Finds for:

- Vintage-style clothing and accessories storefronts
- Add-to-cart flows using a single default variant
- Availability displays that distinguish an unknown stock quantity from zero

Choose another mock.shop store if you need size and color variants or nonshipping digital goods. Browse <https://mock.shop/llms.txt> to find a store that matches your catalog.

## Example Golden Era Finds query

Here’s an example GraphQL `POST` request that retrieves basic product and pricing information from <https://apparel-vintage.mock.shop/api>:

```bash
curl https://apparel-vintage.mock.shop/api \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '{"query":"{ products(first: 3) { nodes { title variants(first: 1) { nodes { id title availableForSale quantityAvailable price { amount currencyCode } compareAtPrice { amount currencyCode } } } } } }"}'
```

This query returns three product titles and their default variant IDs, titles, availability, stock quantities, current prices, and compare-at prices. The returned `quantityAvailable` values are `null`, not zero. Adapt the query for your storefront needs.

The endpoint doesn't require authentication or an access token. Read <https://apparel-vintage.mock.shop/llms.txt> for catalog details and store-specific instructions.

## What this catalog lets you test

Build a vintage-style shop with collection browsing, product pages, and add-to-cart flows without size or color choices. Use each default variant’s ID for the cart, and test hiding a selector that only repeats Default Title. The catalog marks all 60 products available for sale but returns no stock quantity, so don’t turn a null quantity into a sold-out or “only one left” message. The preview still shows a Default Title button; hiding it is a behavior to implement in your own storefront.

Preview the catalog in a storefront by opening <https://apparel-vintage.hydrogen.mock.shop> in a browser.

![Golden Era Finds’ Vintage Linen Patchwork Coat with product images, a Default Title option, a price, quantity controls, and an Add to cart button.](images/golden-era-finds-linen-patchwork-coat-20260910.webp)

## Build with an AI coding tool

To build a vintage-style clothing storefront with Golden Era Finds using Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Lovable, or another AI assistant, copy the prompt below. It gives the assistant the store domain and directs it to the catalog instructions before it starts writing code.

```text
Build me a Hydrogen storefront using apparel-vintage.mock.shop as the store domain. Setup instructions: apparel-vintage.mock.shop/llms.txt
```

Shopify also provides a [mock.shop starter project](https://github.com/Shopify/mock-shop-starter): a Hydrogen storefront with product pages, collection browsing, and a working cart already connected to mock.shop. You or your AI coding tool can customize this code instead of building those pieces from scratch.

Follow the repository’s setup instructions, then set `PUBLIC_STORE_DOMAIN=apparel-vintage.mock.shop` in `.env` and restart the dev server to use Golden Era Finds’ catalog. Leave `PUBLIC_STOREFRONT_API_TOKEN` empty; mock.shop doesn’t require a token.

## Move to a real Shopify store

mock.shop uses fictional, read-only catalog data. Cart operations work, and checkout is mocked: no payment is taken and no real order is placed. The Customer Account API isn’t supported.

When you’re ready to launch, point your storefront at a Shopify store and add that store’s public Storefront API token. If you don’t have a Shopify store yet, [start a Shopify free trial](https://www.shopify.com/free-trial) to create one.

Read the [mock.shop developer documentation](https://shopify.dev/docs/storefronts/headless/mock-shop) for setup and migration details.

## Store facts

| | |
|---|---|
| Store handle | `apparel-vintage` |
| Catalog model | Vintage-style products with one default variant |
| Products | 60 |
| Collections | 5 |
| Categories | 10 |
| Variants per product | 1 |
| Compare-at prices | 19 products |
| Requires shipping | All products |
| API endpoint | <https://apparel-vintage.mock.shop/api> |
| Store instructions | <https://apparel-vintage.mock.shop/llms.txt> |
| Browser preview | <https://apparel-vintage.hydrogen.mock.shop> |